Dean Stockwell
— John Humperdink 'Dink' Stover
Darryl Hickman
— George 'Tough' McCarty
Scotty Beckett
— 'Tennessee' Shad
Leon Ames
— Sr. Samuel H. Stover
Margalo Gillmore
— Maude Stover
Leo G. Carroll
— Mr. Hopkins
Donn Gift
— Joshua Montgomery Smead
Danny Mummert
— "Butsey" White
Elinor Donahue
— Connie Brown
George Chandler
— Johnny
Irving Bacon
— Mr. Conover
Arthur Space
— Al
Leon Tyler
— Edward "Puffy" Ellis
Claudia Barrett
— Dolly Travers
Jacqueline deWit
— Mrs. Cameron
Charles Smith
— Student
Robert Wagner
— Student
Peter M. Thompson
— Sambo
Jerry Mickelsen
— Cheyenne Baxter
Mason Alan Dinehart
— Coffee Colored Angel
David Bair
— White Mountain Canary
Eddie LeRoy
— Poler Beekstein
Jeralyn Alton
— Clara 'Tootsie' Stover (uncredited)